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This work provides breakthroughs in key technological modules for high performance and reliable 3D Sequential Integration with intermediate BEOL (iBEOL) in-between tiers. We demonstrate that (i) a high-quality solid phase epitaxy process is possible at 500°C, (ii) TiN native oxide removal prior to poly deposition leads to an improvement in gate stack reliability below 525°C and (iii) state-of-the-art...
In this paper, the recent advances in low temperature process in view of 3D VLSI integration are reviewed. Thanks to the optimization of each low temperature process modules (dopant activation, gate stack, epitaxy, spacer deposition) and silicide stability improvement, the top layer thermal budget fabrication has been decreased in order to satisfy the requirements for 3D VLSI integration.
The different regimes encountered when submitting ultra-thin SOI structures implanted with arsenic to single pulse laser annealing with increasing energy density, are identified. It is found that nanosecond UV laser annealing can be successfully applied to rebuild a perfect monocrystalline SOI layer and reach arsenic activation levels at least as high as rapid thermal processing, with a reasonably...
3D VLSI with a CoolCube™ integration allows vertically stacking several layers of devices with a unique connecting via density above a million/mm2. This results in increased density with no extra cost associated to transistor scaling, while benefiting from gains in power and performance thanks to wire-length reduction. CoolCube™ technology leads to high performance top transistors with Thermal Budgets...
3D VLSI integration is a promising alternative path towards CMOS scalability. It requires Low Temperature (LT) processing (≤600°C) for top FET fabrication. In this work, record performance is demonstrated for LT TriGate and FDSOI devices using Solid Phase Epitaxy (SPE). Optimization guidelines for further performance improvement are given for FD, TriGate and FinFET on insulator with the constraint...
This paper highlights the successful co-integration of Localized Silicon-On-Insulator (LSOI) devices and of bulk-Si I/O devices on the same chip. LSOI devices present good logic performances and very low mismatch values down to 1.2mV/μm. In addition, we show the backbiasing impact on LSOI SRAM bit-cells for stability improvement. This work also presents the co-integration of LSOI with bulk devices...
The objective of this paper is to present the successful co-integration of Logic Ultra-Thin Body and Box (UTBB) devices and bulk-Si I/O devices on the same chip. The UTBB transistors are integrated locally on a Bulk wafer with the Localized Silicon On Insulator (LSOI) process technology with HfO2/TiN gate stack for low power applications. I/O co-integrated Bulk devices have a thicker interfacial SiO...
Detailed measurements of front- and back-channel characteristics in advanced SOI MOSFETs (ultrathin Si film, high-kappa, metal gate, and selective epitaxy of source/drain) are used to reveal and compare the transport properties at the corresponding Si/high- kappa (HfO2 or HfSiON) and Si/SiO2 interfaces. Low-temperature operation magnifies the difference between these two interfaces in terms of carrier...
This work proposes a Bulk+ planar fully depleted ldquofoldedrdquo technology as an innovative cost worthy solution for upcoming low power nodes. We report a detailed fabrication method, combining advanced selective epitaxy faceting and SON (Silicon-On-Nothing) process, to provide thin film/thin BOX devices with improved transistor gain beta for a given designed footprint Wdesign. We compare the fabrication...
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